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HAT RAGK. No. 567,169. Patented Sept. 8, 1896.

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JOHN N. ROHR AND HENRY ROHR, OF KENTON, OHIO.

HAT-RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 567,169, datedSeptember '8, 1896.

Application filed April 23, 1896.

To @ZZ whom t may concern,.-

Beit known that we, JOHN N. ROHR and HENRY ROHR, citizens of the UnitedStates, residing at Kenton, in the county of Hardin and State of Ohio,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hat-Racks, of which thefollowing is a specication.

The object of our invention is to provide an improved form of hat-rackwhich may be used on church-pews or seats in places of publicgathering,and it is so formed that it will hold a hat at the back orbeneath the seat, or in both positions.

Our device is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-hFigure l is a view looking at the back of the seat. Fig. 2 is a Viewlooking at the bottom of the seat. Fig. 3 is a section through the seat,showing the rack in end elevation.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in the different views.

Our device is constructed of a continuous piece of wire, or any othersuitable material, and is attached to the seat by wire staples, or anyother equivalent means of fastening, substantially in the manner andposition shown.

That portion of the rack which is at the back of the seat is formed ofthe curved segment a, which terminates in the loops b, the member c ofwhich descends vertically from each loop to the bottom of the seat s,where each turns at right angles and forms the member d, which issecured by staples or other means to the bottom of the seat s. Themembers d extend forward under the seat a sufcient distance to receivethe full length of a hat, and bend downward and again rearward,

forming the members e and f. The members serial No. 588,767. (No man.)

f extend from the members e to the back of the seat, and again bend atright angles, forming the members g, which extend horizontally asufficient distance to admit the brim of a hat where the members g turnupward, forming the members 7i, which are fastened to the bottom of theseat by a screw passing through a looped end, or by any other suitablemethod of fastening.

With the above device two hats may be held, the one being carried by thesegment d and the loops b and members c, the other being carried by themembers f, which are spaced so that the crown of a hat will pass snuglybetween them, while the members g and h admit the brim when a hat is putin from the rear.

As above described and illustrated, we ask protection by Letters Patentand claim as follows:

In a hat-rack the combination of a segment the ends of which form loopsand continuous vertical members at the back of a seat, said verticalmembers bending forward and running under the seat parallel to eachother and attached thereto, and again bending downward and rearward tothe back of the seat, again bending at right angles and -runninghorizontally from each other and turning again in a vertical positionand fastening into the bottom of the seat, all being substantially ofthe form shown and described for purposes stated.

JOHN N. ROHR. HENRY ROHR.

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JNO. M. PEAROE, FRANK H. RUMMELL.

